after helping to broker the senate he'll keeping its bears the middle-class a tax hike, but raises taxes on those making over $400,000 a year. massive cuts to federal agencies were delayed for two months. democrats want the chance to vote on the bill as they say boehner promised. >> until now our speaker has said when the senate acts we will have a vote in the house peeping that is what he said. that is what we expect. that is what the american people deserve. >> with an opening prayer appealing for compromise, the house went into session at noon. republicans complain there's not enough deficit reduction. >> is another $1 trillion of debt on the american people. >> my district cannot afford to wait a few days and have the stock market go down 300 points

tomorrow if we cannot get together and do something. >> without a deal that conduct the president, i income taxes will rise almost every american. >> new year's, new laws in maryland. game marriage became legal at midnight -- a marriage became legal at midnight this morning. david has more. >> the mayor officiated the first gay marriage at city hall, and as a precaution, she got ordained to do at. wedding bells rang in the near. street michael the archangel celebrated its first same-sex marriage ceremony. >> jesus loves everyone. i think he would be celebrating

with us if we were walking with him today. i do not look at it as a religious issue at all. i look good as a civil rights issue. ♪ >> hat amanda and her partner april exchanged wedding bells before 7000 invited guests, including four foster children a plan to adopt. >> it is the best thing to be a part of marriage and the world to make it legal. is the best thing in the world for us. >> they broke their wedding vows. their first guest -- their first gift to each other -- a single rose. they exchanged rose -- they exchanged vows and brings. >> i do proclaim that a man that

and april are married in the name of the father and the sun -- that amanda and april married in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. >> city hall became a wedding chapel after midnight. mayor rollings blake -- rawlings-blake officiated. >> i wanted to perform marriages. i got ordained. i am doubly covered. >> this is as happy as i have ever been. to be able to spend the rest of my life with bill, legally. >> those in attendance declared this to be an emotional and meaningful occasion. newlywed bill offers sage advice. >> do not use it. make sure it is love before you say "i do."

same-sex couples are hoping that the supreme court overturns federal law defining marriage as between one man and one woman, a decision that is expected in jane. >> david, thank you. the same-sex marriage law is not the only new legislation in effect today. current city officials will get an extra year in office and be up for reelection in 2016. another new law will allow a parent or guardian to a freeze credit reports to protect kids from identity that. -- identity theft. for more on the new laws, you can visit our web site -- wbaltv.com. 2012 ended with an unwanted distinction for baltimore city. homicides climbing again. >> we have more. >> what happened and baltimore

in 2012 -- the homicide numbers are all the more troubling when you look at what is going on down the road in washington, d.c. fire works marked new year in baltimore. the police commissioner is looking forward to a fresh start. 2012 pushed baltimore back over the 200 mark in homicides. the year ended with 20 more than the 197 recorded in 2011. >> the only reason we have a spike -- >> seaplanes are rivalry between two gangs that went on too long. >> they both went into late october-november. if we had caught this two, we would have been under the numbers we had last year. >> despite stands out even more when compared with baltimore's nearest big city neighbor, washington, d.c..

washington's homicide rate dropped by 18.5%. they recorded the lowest number there and 50 years. what is more, the population in washington is assuming. it has exceeded the population in baltimore, creating a significant difference in the homicide rates. baltimore's rate is more than two times higher. there are other numbers showing overall crime in 2012 down about 5%. reporting live, wbal tv-11 news. >> thank you. now to the very first baby born in our area this new year. it was a boy. it happened at 12:20 this morning, and rob roblin has the story. >> for one young couple, they will never forget 2013.

meet scott michael. 7 town, 6 ounce baby boy was born at 12:26 this morning, making him the first baby of 2013 and baltimore area. >> [indiscernible] >> what time was he born? >> [indiscernible] >> he seems happy sometimes. how are you feeling? >> [indiscernible] >> escalon night? >> yes. >> scott's mom came to the hospital on sunday. >> i had my baby shower. about two hours later, i had to go to the hospital because my water broke. it ruptured. they kept me. >> when was that? >> the 30th. >> yesterday evening, things started getting exciting.

>> that way, we can just take care of them. >> when you first saw him, what was your first thought? >> just to make sure he was ok. he came out kind of live. we were worried. we just want to make sure that he is ok. >> the staff always look forward to the first in years baby. >> it is always special for us. it is exciting for the families. >> got michael, the first baltimore-area baby up -- scott michael, the first baltimore- area baby of 2013. >> congratulations. >> memorable court cases, that wrenching tragedies, unpredictable weather. >> also, an election year -- a presidential election year. we will look at the highlights from election 2012, next.

>> later in sports. see why a win compounds regrets for a major college team. >> we will look at the first couple of days of the new year. the weat

>> certainly one of the things that people will remember about 2012 was it was an election year. >> and a presidential election year. you may not remember now, the debates, that huge field of

republican candidates -- they actually started more than a year ago. here are some highlights from the race. >> the first face-off from the republican front-runners. the main target was barack obama. >> whoever the nominee is, we all want to give pete barack obama. >> the third one, i can. >> this is a president who talked about lowering taxes even if he raises them. >> we will not be barack obama with some guy who has swiss bank accounts. >> 9-9-9. game on. >> the people of i was spoke, so i have decided to stand aside. >> thank you, new hampshire. >> mitt romney scored a decisive victory. >> the south carolina at surprise. newt gingrich wins. >> we will suspend our campaign

effective today. we are not done fighting. >> mitt romney is the winner in texas. >> mitt romney has 30 more delegates than he needs to win the republican nomination. >> my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. >> mitt romney took his running mate for a test driver in nascar country. >> all i am asking is we go back to the rates under bill clinton, for folks like me. >> i am not going to shut up. it is my turn. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> you must vote and you must reelect president barack obama. >> thank you. we draw strength from our victories and we learn from our mistakes. >> the pressure was on mitt romney, who needed a turnaround. >> virtually everything he said

about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> it is math. it is arithmetic. >> fighting for obamacare instead of jobs. >> barack obama kept his eyes and his energy low. >> i have a question, and the question was, how much will you -- you'll get your chance in a moment. i am still speaking. >> here is what mitt romney was secretly recording -- recorded saying last may. >> they believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it. >> voter turnout seemed heavy. conceding his loss, mitt romney call for compromise. >> at a time like this, we cannot risk partisan bickering. >> the emotion the moment the race was called. >> we remain more than a collection of red states and

blue state's. we are forever the united states of america. >> there is one thing i know for sure. >> yes? >> the iowa caucus. that is something that everybody agrees on. >> the weather was pretty mild, actually. >> you could not complain. even last night, people were out celebrating. its data in the 30's. you know it can be a lot colder on your si. no complaints in the weather department. -- you know it can be a lot colder on new year's eve. 35 and in westminster. the cold air is close. 20's in central pennsylvania today. if this cold air goes a little further to the south, we might have had a snowstorm to date. there was a system to the south of us. you can see in the radar.

if it had come a little further south, we would have had a snowstorm. we had a slight chance for a couple sprinkles. over the next seven days to 10 days, not a lot to talk about. all you snow fans are going to have to wait probably two weeks before we have a chance remorse no. there are a couple of chances. the only way to follow those is to look at the jet stream. you see this debt in the jet stream? that will come through the day on thursday. that gives us a chance for sprinkles or flurries. friday, that will come through on sunday. another chance for sprinkles or snow flurries. if you want the snow storm to happen, you need the energy, and

that will not happen for awhile. partly cloudy for the rest of tonight. slight chance for a sprinkle. it will be colder than last night. temperatures should dip into the upper 20's. tomorrow, cloud cover earlier in the morning. mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon. even with the sunshine, temperatures will stay in the upper 30's. the average high is 42. 7-day forecast -- not a lot going on. chance for sprinkles thursday and on sunday keeping temperatures stay pretty much the same all the way to the seven-day. upper 30's, lower 40's. >> this is 11 sports. >> the ravens wild-card playoff game will have guaranteed electricity when ray lewis runs for the title. who knows, it may be the last time in his career. john harbaugh has not said when

or how much religious will run through the tunnel. the ravens -- , and ray lewis will run through the tunnel. look, with the interception. all in the postseason with far more experience because they had to step in for injured starters in the regular season. john harbaugh likes having options in january. >> we have been forced to play different guys. in the end, i think it will be a plus for us. it has been a plus. guys have stepped up without fail. really, none of our guys have not stepped up at one time or another. this all starts fresh. playoffs -- we are all zero- zero at this point. >> the turks will start the

conference -- the terps will start the conference scheduled. date easily took down indiana univ.. long name, but not much scoring. the terps win it. maryland tips off the second to last acc season against virginia tech. plane in the ballgame no longer has the cache it once had, especially against georgia. the nebraska capital one bowl. the scc title game. martinez. huskers up, 5-1. connecting, inside the 10. toed the game.

2-point conversion. long run. nobody to pull him down as no. 7 wins on new year's day over nebraska. michigan and north carolina. michigan 123 teens this year. they did not fare any better. south carolina -- ace sanders. you know you have skills if you are playing college football and your first name and is ace. south carolina -- first quarter. devon gardner. cut to the chase. 16 seconds left. ellington in for the touchdown. south carolina comes back to beat michigan, 33-28. of course, this year it is the

bowl game down in south carolina. there was a time when it was the day in football. now it is now a the. >> we will be back with the seven-day forecast. stay with us.

>> here is a look at what we're working in -- working on for 11 news tonight's. a party gets out of hand. what sparked several calls to the police. plus, couples took the plunge on new year's day. those stories, plus the latest on the fiscal cliff and how it on the fiscal cliff and how it

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>> tina, i got up this morning, and i was thinking -- you know, i got up this morning, and i was thinking, i know it was supposed to be cold, but it was 45 degrees. >> it is usually in the 20's on new year's eve, so it was not bad. today we made it into the mid- 40's. maybe we will have a sprinkle on thursday. if you are going to be ravens game, same thing. it does not look like a storm. it does not look like it will affect the game. >> good. >> it will feel warm compared to last week in cincinnati. >> thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news with brian

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